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Klaus J. Busam is affiliated with the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a marked focus on oncology and molecular biology subfields.

Their work encompasses key areas including cutaneous melanoma detection and management, melanoma and MAPK pathways, cancer genomics and diagnostics, immunotherapy and immune responses, nonmelanoma skin cancer studies, cancer and skin lesions, as well as CAR-T cell therapy research.

Frequent publication venues for Klaus J. Busam include:

  • Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
  • The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Modern Pathology

Their recent papers reflect ongoing research in melanoma and pathology. Notable recent publications include:

  • Neoadjuvant relatlimab and nivolumab in resectable melanoma, 2022, Nature
  • Validation of a digital pathology system including remote review during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, Modern Pathology
  • Comparison of Immunohistochemistry for PRAME With Cytogenetic Test Results in the Evaluation of Challenging Melanocytic Tumors, 2020, The American Journal of Surgical Pathology
  • Use of Ultrasmall Core-Shell Fluorescent Silica Nanoparticles for Image-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Melanoma, 2021, JAMA Network Open
  • PRAME Immunohistochemistry as an Ancillary Test for the Assessment of Melanocytic Lesions, 2021, Surgical Pathology Clinics

Klaus J. Busam has collaborated frequently with researchers including Marianne Berwick, Irene Orlow, Nancy E. Thomas, Colin B. Begg, and David P. Winchester.

In addition to articles, Klaus J. Busam has contributed to book publications such as Melanocytic Tumors of the Skin, published in 2024 by the American Registry of Pathology Arlington, Virginia eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Distinct Sets of Genetic Alterations in Melanoma

    John A. Curtin;Jane Fridlyand;Toshiro Kageshita;Hetal N. Patel

  • Somatic Activation of KIT in Distinct Subtypes of Melanoma

    John A. Curtin;Klaus Busam;Daniel Pinkel;Boris C. Bastian

  • Clinical-grade computational pathology using weakly supervised deep learning on whole slide images.

    Gabriele S.V. Campanella;Gabriele S.V. Campanella;Matthew G. Hanna;Luke Geneslaw;Allen Miraflor

  • Mutations in GNA11 in Uveal Melanoma

    Catherine D Van Raamsdonk;Klaus G Griewank;Michelle B Crosby;Maria C Garrido

  • KIT as a therapeutic target in metastatic melanoma

    Richard D. Carvajal;Cristina R. Antonescu;Jedd D. Wolchok;Paul B. Chapman

  • Merkel Cell Carcinoma: Prognosis and Treatment of Patients From a Single Institution

    Peter J. Allen;Wilbur B. Bowne;David P. Jaques;Murray F. Brennan

  • A common classification framework for neuroendocrine neoplasms: an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and World Health Organization (WHO) expert consensus proposal.

    Guido Rindi;David S. Klimstra;Behnoush Abedi-Ardekani;Sylvia L. Asa

  • Determinants of BRAF Mutations in Primary Melanomas

    Janet L. Maldonado;Jane Fridlyand;Hetal Patel;Ajay N. Jain

  • Immunohistochemical analysis of NY‐ESO‐1 antigen expression in normal and malignant human tissues

    Achim A. Jungbluth;Yao-Tseng Chen;Elisabeth Stockert;Klaus J. Busam

  • Kinase fusions are frequent in Spitz tumours and spitzoid melanomas.

    Thomas Wiesner;Jie He;Roman Yelensky;Rosaura Esteve-Puig

  • Cutaneous side-effects in cancer patients treated with the antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody C225.

    K.J. Busam;P. Capodieci;R. Motzer;T. Kiehn

  • Primary mucosal malignant melanoma of the head and neck.

    Snehal G. Patel;Manju L. Prasad;Margarita Escrig;Bhuvanesh Singh

  • Dermatologic side effects associated with the epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors

    Anna Liza C. Agero;Stephen W. Dusza;Cristiane Benvenuto-Andrade;Klaus J. Busam

  • Guidelines of care for the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

    Murad Alam;April Armstrong;Christian Baum;Jeremy S. Bordeaux

  • Convergent multi-miRNA targeting of ApoE drives LRP1/LRP8-dependent melanoma metastasis and angiogenesis.

    Nora Pencheva;Hien Tran;Colin Buss;Doowon Huh

  • Characterisation and management of dermatologic adverse events to agents targeting the PD-1 receptor.

    V.R. Belum;B. Benhuri;B. Benhuri;M.A. Postow;M.A. Postow;M.D. Hellmann;M.D. Hellmann

  • Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes Predict Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity in Patients With Cutaneous Melanoma

    Rebecca C. Taylor;Ami Patel;Katherine S. Panageas;Klaus J. Busam

  • PRAME Expression in Melanocytic Tumors

    Cecilia Lezcano;Achim A. Jungbluth;Kishwer S. Nehal;Travis J. Hollmann

  • Analysis of BRAF and N-RAS Mutations in Metastatic Melanoma Tissues

    Alexis Gorden;Iman Osman;Weiming Gai;Dan He

  • A103: An anti-melan-a monoclonal antibody for the detection of malignant melanoma in paraffin-embedded tissues.

    Achim A. Jungbluth;Klaus J. Busam;William L. Gerald;Elisabeth Stockert

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashfaq A. Marghoob
Ashfaq A. Marghoob Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Achim A. Jungbluth
Achim A. Jungbluth Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Richard A. Scolyer
Richard A. Scolyer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Daniel G. Coit
Daniel G. Coit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Marianne Berwick
Marianne Berwick University of New Mexico
Allan C. Halpern
Allan C. Halpern Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Colin B. Begg
Colin B. Begg Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mario E. Lacouture
Mario E. Lacouture Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Jedd D. Wolchok
Jedd D. Wolchok Cornell University
Irene Orlow
Irene Orlow Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

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